Thread: Laptops: Will You Guys Use Them On The Robot?
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Unread 09-01-2011, 13:53
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Re: Laptops: Will You Guys Use Them On The Robot?
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Originally Posted by RyanN View Post
Well... as I think about it... the laptop is modular. You can separate the RAM, battery, and SSD. Still... you're going to be stuck with a fairly low end laptop. If I were to even consider this, I would attempt to make a PC from scratch with a mini-ITX board or something. Still, I don't see the big advantage.
Exactly my thought sir, but desktop computers run off of AC power. Is the robot able to produce 110v AC? If it is, I am dropping the computer Idea and going straight into PS3(s). They are cheap, $250 for the refurbished ones. 6 SPUs available to the developer and homebrew broke into the scene. If the budget allows, we can use 2 or more as a distributed memory system. But that would take lots of weight to do. I am dreaming big here.
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